About Anxiety Disorder?

Question

I'm just curious. What are the symptoms and causes of such a disorder? What are signs that someone may have it?

And if not an actual disorder, How would someone be able to tell if they at least have a problem with anxiety?

Answer 1

not to sound rude but its when people set and worry about anything to much and then you get prescribed addicting pills to cover it up then eventually youll be off them then youll come down with depression to come to the point of the ? it could be a vast amount of things such as figiting anxiousness stomach aches worry loss of sleep loss of appetite mood swings  

Answer 2

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Answer 3

With most mental illnesses, it's not the presence of anxiety alone that creates problems. It is more about how severe it is - and how much it gets in the way of life.

Psychiatrists divide anxiety into three main types: general anxiety, phobias and panic disorder. If there's a particularly difficult situation at work or at home, the stress that this creates can spill over into other areas of life - and create anxiety.

Similarly, a person who's experienced a very frightening situation may also carry the fear over to their everyday life. This is known as post-traumatic stress disorder. Though it's little comfort to the person experiencing it, they can at least identify the cause of the emotions they're experiencing.

In general, anxiety's emotional turmoil appears to have a life of its own. Some psychiatrists call this 'free-floating anxiety'.

Unlike phobia and panic, with general anxiety it's not always clear to the anxious person exactly what it is they feel so anxious about. They're just aware of feeling anxious all the time.

When there's no identifiable cause, the person often becomes anxious about feeling anxious all the time, and the problem starts to feed off itself.

People with generalised anxiety may find that they:

    * easily lose their patience

    * have difficulty concentrating

    * think constantly about the worst outcome

    * have difficulty sleeping

    * become depressed and/or

    * become preoccupied with, or obsessional about, one subject

These mental symptoms lead to, and are supported by, physical symptoms. These can include:

    * excessive thirst

    * stomach upsets

    * passing wind

    * loose bowel movements

    * frequent urinating

    * failure to respond to sexual stimulation

    * periods of intense pounding heart

    * periods of feeling winded

    * muscle aches

    * headaches

    * dizziness

    * pins and needles

    * tremors

    * painful or no periods

If you feel like you have a problem with anxiety go to your GP and they will refer you to the correct mental health specialist.

Answer 4

Having trouble concentrating, constant agitation(unable to relax), panicky feeling, just to name a few.

Answer 5

well I got prescribed Citalopram for anxiety, I was feeling sick all of the time and the doctor put it down to axiety. I didn't want to leave the house or answer the phone to anyone. Hope this helped.  

Answer 6

Always finding a way to make your self bad.To make your self feel down.Saying neative things being lazy not wanted to speak or do antying.Trying to forget everything.Not want to talk to people or eat.Feel boerd tierd of this life.Thinking things you shouldnt think about.hopeless that everything in life is going wrong.Theres nothing good happing and it only gets worse.

If you feel like that dont worry cheer up try to change the things you do in life and do something else.

Talk to someone close to you about it.

Answer 7

Hmm Im not sure. You probably would have to go to a proffesional to figure out if you have it or not (if thats what your getting at). Most anxiety comes from unresolved issues and horomones......Im not to sure but I can say that Ive been struggling with anxiety for a while and it mostly comes from a few problems I have. So I think its more of a side affect of different problems and disorders, Some people have alot of problems and anxiety is a result and they think thats their problem.